Line #9 Creator/TonyCurtis


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3	->''"Acting is something that we all practice at some time in our lives."''
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5	Bernard Schwartz, better known as [[StageNames Tony Curtis]] (June 3, 1925 – September 29, 2010), was an American actor from New York City.
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7	His career spanned six decades, but he was mostly popular as a leading man in the late 1950s and early '60s. He played in more than 100 films in roles covering a wide range of genres, from light comedy to {{epic movie}}s and serious drama. In his later years, Curtis also made numerous television appearances.
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9	He had ''six marriages'', most notably a highly publicized one to Creator/JanetLeigh from 1951 to 1962, and had two daughters with her. One of them is Creator/JamieLeeCurtis.
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11	!!His filmography includes:
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13	* ''Film/{{Winchester 73}}'' (1950; bit part as a cavalryman)
14	* ''Film/{{Trapeze}}'' (1956)
15	* ''Film/SweetSmellOfSuccess'' (1957)
16	* ''Film/TheVikings'' (1958)
17	* ''Film/TheDefiantOnes'' (1958)
18	* ''Film/OperationPetticoat'' (1959)
19	* ''Film/SomeLikeItHot'' (1959)
20	* ''Film/{{Spartacus}}'' (1960)
21	* ''Taras Bulba'' (1962)
22	* ''Film/ParisWhenItSizzles'' (1964; uncredited)
23	* ''Film/SexAndTheSingleGirl'' (1964)
24	* ''Film/TheGreatRace'' (1965)
25	* ''Theatre/BoeingBoeing'' (1965)
26	* ''Film/DontMakeWaves'' (1967)
27	* ''Film/TheBostonStrangler'' (1968)
28	* ''Film/RosemarysBaby'' (1968; uncredited voice)
29	* ''Monte Carlo or Bust!'' (1969)
30	* ''Series/ThePersuaders'' (1971)
31	* ''Film/{{Sextette}}'' (1978)
32	* ''Literature/TheManitou'' (1978)
33	* ''Literature/TheMirrorCrackdFromSideToSide'' (1980)
34	* ''Film/TheImmortals'' (1985)
35	* ''Film/BountyHunters2Hardball'' (1997)
36	* ''Film/StarGames'' (1997)
37	* ''Film/PlayItToTheBone'' (1999)
38	* ''Film/DavidAndFatima'' (2008, final film role)
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40	!!Tropes associated with the actor:
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42	* [[invoked]]FakeNationality: His parents were Hungarian Jews, but he played characters of Italian descent in ''Film/{{Trapeze}}'', ''Film/SweetSmellOfSuccess'', and ''Film/TheBostonStrangler''.
43	* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: He spoke with a Bronx accent no matter what character he played; this is why the apocryphal line "Yonder lies the castle of my fodda" is associated with him.
44	* [[invoked]]ThoseTwoActors:
45	** He was friends with Creator/LarryStorch and the two appeared in six films together, including ''Film/TheGreatRace''.
46	** Curtis and Creator/NatalieWood appeared in three films together (''Kings Go Forth'', ''Film/SexAndTheSingleGirl'', ''Film/TheGreatRace'') even though they had [[HostilityOnTheSet acrimonious interactions on set]].
47	** He played alongside Creator/KirkDouglas in ''Film/TheVikings'' and ''Film/{{Spartacus}}''.
48	** He played with Creator/JackLemmon in two pictures, ''Film/SomeLikeItHot'' and ''Film/TheGreatRace''.
49	** He played in two films with Creator/BurtLancaster, ''Film/{{Trapeze}}'' and ''Film/SweetSmellOfSuccess''.

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